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r 0 J&~772FASSOC£422jD sSUm Ĵ̂ CvSZZVZSJ SYNOPSIS. "Vanishing Fleets," a story Of "whtt mlght have happened," open* l*v Wash­ ington with the United States afid Japa near war. Guy Hillier, secretary of tli ~ British embassy, and Miss Norma Rot eirts, chief aide of Inventor Roberts, ar : I n t r o d u c e d a s l o v e r s . J a p a n d e c l a r e s _ w a r and takes the Philippines. Guy Hillier •tarts for England. Norrtia Roberts leaves "Washington for the Florida coast, Hawaii is captured by the Jags. All poris •J-e closed. Tofcyo learns of missing Jap­ anese fleet and whole world becomes con­ vinced that -Usited States has powerful war agency. England decides to send *. fleet to American waters as a Canadian protection against what the British sup­ pose is a terrible submarine flotilla. Hil­ lier is sent with a message. Fleet mys­ teriously disappears. The kaiser is miss­ ing. King Edward of England is con­ fronted by Admiral Bevins of the United States. The'Dreadnaught, biggest of Eng­ land's warships, is discovered at an im­ passable point in the Thames. The story now goes back to a ttnie many months before the war breaks out, ^nd Inventor Roberts visits the president and cabinet, telling of and exhibiting a metal produc­ tion. This overcomes friction when elec­ trified and is to be applied to vessels. Roberts evolves a great flying machine. The cabinet plans a radioplane war Against Japanese. The start is made for the scene of conflict. The Japanese fleet, believing Nippon supreme, suddenly dis­ cerns the radioplane fleet. After maneu­ vering the airships descend, and by use Of strong magnets lift the warships, one bv one, from the sea. The vessels are deposited in a mountain lake in the United States to await peace. The Brit­ ish fleet accepts American hospitality and Is -conveyed to the United States by the Wingless terrors. To show the kaiser their wonderful invention, that ruler is taken on a long trip--his first visit to America--thus accounting for his mys­ terious disappearance from Berlin. Toe radioplane breaks down. CHAPTER XXI.--Continued. It was noon before the workers saw him again. They came out of the dark hull fep a cold luncheon, and were Joined by the emperor, who sat silent­ ly through the meal. Again they re­ sumed work, and this time it was dusk when they emerged. There be­ fore them was a camp fire, and stu­ diously broiling trout, caught with and prepared by his own hands, was the kaiser. On huge pieces of birch bark before the coals he had spread his Catch, and with a boy's jubilation laughed at their surprise. His national philosophy had conquered, and the sovereign had become a dem­ ocrat in truth. Aa a boy he recounted |il8 adventures of the day, and as a tired boy he went to rest. The next *4ay was given up to the rifle, and hunting such as he had never dreamed Ojf having was before him. Indeed, he had turned camp hunter, and with success. So ended the second day, and eo passed many others. And each day brought him nearer to those round him, each night brought him better rest, and every hour added to the broadening of his serenity. He was now merely a man among men, ©laying his part In his own way, en- Joying it. and finding the worries of empire dropping away in this spot where all his crown of rulership availed him nothing. What was the need to fret when his hands were tied? Why not dismiss it all from bis mind? The great federation would pass on and on long after his bones had gone, to dust. Here in these Ca­ nadian woods, which he had never aflared hope to invade, was life such as he had dreamed of, freedom such as lie had never known, and absence of All formality. Here were men who were learning to love him for himself, and for whom he was forming an af­ fection that would last him to the end. Strange as it seemed, the cloud which had disturbed him on the night of the accident had taken another form. Then it had been because he was to be detained for an indefinite time. Now it was because the deten­ tion was to be so short, and he saw with regret that the time for his de­ parture was nearly at hand. He fore­ saw the reluctance with which he would enter that craft of the air and hear Its metal door close him in for homeward flight, but as a prison door •hutting him out forever from the for­ ests and hills, the pools and brooks, which he had learned to love. Only now and then, as he tramped beside some stream or followed some game trail cut through the fallen leaves by countless caribou, he would smile iron­ ically at the amazement and alarm which must have been caused by his absence, not only in his own empire, but in the United States where were those who had caused his disappear­ ance. And In both surmises be was cor­ rect; but the distress in the American fepublic was perhaps the most keen. Uot since the beginning of hostilities fiiad the president and his associates fuffered such grave apprehensions as when it became known to a certainty that Brockton's endeavor bad met with accident or disaster. On the first day when the expedition failed to return from its voyage of conciliation no undue alarm was oc­ casioned, it being considered entirely possible that it had been compelled to Return directly to the key to avoid observation. Another 24 hours of alienee caused comment; but again it was regarded as tenable that a barrier ' 1n the first quest had required a sec­ ond trip. The third day passed with anxious expectations but no news. . The fourth, however, was a memor­ able one; for then it became known to the entire j^vilized world that the heads of a nation had been abducted, and the situation in Washington grew almost unbearable. In response to an urgent message to the plant, "Old Bill" Roberts, Norma, and Bevins appeared on the afth night, utilizing the new radioplane for their visit. I"he gravity of the con­ sultation which followed was intense; k m $ f fi y m IN WAR WITH JAPAN Russia Should Not Have Sur­ rendered. He Had Turned Camp Hunter. Of work afforded some measure lief. "It would be almost impossible," he asserted, *"for anything; worse to be­ fall them than delay. They may have been cast away in the air or on the land by an accident to their steering gear, which would require flight in straight lines. Nothing but a blow such as was sustained by Seventeen in battle could even temporarily stop both dynamos; hence it is improbable that they lost their lives." Step by step he reasoned out the course which would be pursued, and at last gave it as his opinion that the Norma had come to ground in Cana­ dian woods. He suggested searching expeditions, even though it entailed the exposure of the secret, the aban­ donment of the Oriental campaign, and the opportunity to establish per­ manent peace. The president alone stood steadfast for the latter hope, and was quick to offer a new plan. It was that the people of Oreat Britain themselves should have a conclusive and final demonstration, and, yielding to his arguments, it was agreed upon. The project was no less daring than those which had been executed before. The Dreadnought was to be deposited in the Thames under cover of dark­ ness, and in an apparently impossible position, where the people of London might look upon it as an object les­ son. Immediately afterwards the king and his most powerful officials Were to be shown the working of the radio- plane, that they might be in a position to advance measures for peace and disarmament, fortifying their argu­ ments by their own observations. The utmost secrecy was to be maintained, because in the meantime the Chinese armada might have sailed. In case it had not, the secret would be given out and search begun actively for the missing Norma and her distinguished passengers; but in any event British support would have been assured. Bevins, foreseeing the difficulty of his task, asked and obtained permis­ sion to invite the British admiral to accompany him, the wisdom of which was evidenced. Favored by the dif­ ference In time, the speedy Roberts on that very night crossed the Atlan­ tic and deposited letters to secret service agents in London, Instructing them to obtain positive knowledge of where the king might be found the following evening. On her return she conveyed Fields and the Dreadnought to the key, preparatory to the mo­ mentous journey. That flight which was again to dis­ turb the thrones of Europe was ac­ complished without incident, but not without difficulty. The Roberts swooped down from the heights of air, untenanted save by her, to find spread between the earth and sky a blanket of fog, .thick and impene­ trable. Into it she slowly dropped, groping this way and that over the un­ suspecting city, whose sounds came up to her but gave no hint as to locality. Aimlessly she wandered here and there in the murk, taking desper­ ate chances in her quest. Suddenly something loomed directly below the open port, from which Bevins was leaning and peering down, and only a quick change of course avoided a col­ lision. Fields joined him, and iden­ tified the dome of "Saint Paul's. It was a* narrow escape, but enabled them to set their course and gain the deserted greens of Saint James' Park, where Bevins was lowered by ropes to the earth. He stood for a moment while the bulk of the radioplane and the Dread­ nought which she was carrying rose ik..» »v..» f«UK nf tha inventor In into the air and dlwanneared from view. He felt alone In an unfriendly city, but set his teeth and stumbled out to a street, where he enlisted the services of a constable and a hansom, and was conveyed to the Cecil, whose lighted doors stared out upon the fog gashed courtyard leading from the Strand. His message of the previous night had met with instant response, and no one would have Buspected that the tfto men who lounged in the hotel entrance in seeming idle conversation, smoking and watching passersby, were important agents in the hands of fate. As nonchalantly as they had met they parted, one returning within doors, and the other sauntering back to the waiting hansom which was to convey the admiral to the hippodrome and a daring audience with the king. The fog deadened bells of the an­ cient city marked only an hour's time before he had emerged apd returned to the park entrance, where the won­ dering driver was dismissed, shaking his head and marveling at the idiosyn­ crasies of the Americans, who seemed never to have a resonable destination. Once more the grim old admiral limped through the paths to his ren­ dezvous and gave the whistled signal to his waiting craft, which during his absence had released its burden near Westminster bridge and above Black- friars, where her position would be both accessible and impressive to the people on the following morning. Up Into the air for a short distance, then down again In hovering silence, the Roberts went, and landed her com­ mander in the garden behind Bucking­ ham. The fog was no longer an ene­ my; for now she remained motionless only a few feet above the roof which had sheltered so many kings and queens. This nearness aided the quick visit of the British officer to his sov­ ereign when called, i nd prevented de­ lay when the mone.ch and his com­ panions appeared for their journey. The fog had become an ally. Those who sit upon England's throne may never show surprise--so runs tradition--but on this light an expression of astonishment burst from one of her sovereigns as he entered the yawning portal of the strange ma- | chine. Up to that moment neither he i nor his companions had entertained a | belief that the American engine of i destruction could be other than some powerful, speedy, and invincible sub­ marine. Nqw in the cloak of fog and darkness, within sound of the roar ol traffic past his palace gates, in the midst of his own garden, he found a formidable monster with undreamed­ of might. With his companions he was ushered through a shadowy companionway without hearing the stealthy closing of the port through which he came. Nor was he aware as he entered the bril­ liantly lighted drawing room amid­ ships, that already he had been lifted into the light of stars and was flying through space over the Atlantic ocean at a speed of 600 miles an houa It was incomprehensible that before his first questions had been answered the ribbon of the channel had been passed and Ireland had lost itself in tin eastern horizon. Gravely interested and steadily courteous, he inspected the radioplane under the guidance of the inventor and his daughter, who made known to him its capabilities, and It was his own suggestion that the trip might be extended to the Chesapeake, where the fleet of the Lion was moored. For once the first lord of the admiralty showed eager­ ness, and was visibly pleased when Bevins said there could be no objec­ tion to the king's desire. Between the inventor and the king, as they sped westward, there was es­ tablished a friendship. Gruff and querulous "Old Bill" Roberta, demo­ cratic to the core, and respecting men only for their real worth, found In this quiet, self-contained guest one whom he could admire. And to the monarch the scientist was the most interesting man he had ever met, con­ sidering that his past achievements had gained world-wide fame, to be capped with the surprising creation of this aerial masterpiece. From time to time he glanced at the stately American girl, who sat silently beside the prime minister. He found him­ self puzzled by the brooding wistful- ness of her eyes and speculating as to what yearning had mirrored its sadness In their depths. Not until Bevins had recounted the tale of the western battle did the king realize that on occasion the supple hands of the girl might become things of steel, and that within her was a soul of flame. She begged permission to retire before the admiral had fairly begun his story, and was not there to hear that stern old veteran of the seas conclude with the trenchant statement: "It waB not I, your majes­ ty, who won the battle that day; it was that slip of a girl who led the cohorts of the Eagle down upon them. It was she who clasped the flag In her arms when the battle was done." The men in the room leaned forward in silence when Bevins ended. They had been carried away into the realm of imagination to picture the stirring clash of mighty arms and valorous deeds. Before anyone could speak an officer appeared at the door. "I have to report that we are above the Chesapeake, sir," he said to his superior. It waB the breaking of reverie, the sharp call from the past to the pres­ ent, and the king rose expectantly. The lights of the Roberts flashed out and left them in darkness. The ports below open,ed, and they grouped them­ selves round them, with night glasses tendered %y their host. (TO BE CONTINUED.) Gen. KuropatkUa in Critical Review of Conflict Censures His Govern­ ment fop Forfeiting Ultimate Victory--Says Navy Was Weak. ^ "When once a country takes up arms it should continue to fight until it wins; otherwise it will lose the right to be considered a great, nation, and will become a 'collection of mere ethnographical material' from which other nationalities may be strength­ ened." So declares Gen. Kuropatkln. Rus­ sia's former minister of war and commander in chief of the Manchur* lan army of operation for one brief year during the Russo-Japanese con­ flict, a position 4n which he was su­ perseded by Gen. Llnievitch. And now Kuropatkin has broken the long silence which followed the termina­ tion of his official career, and in a voluminous work, entitled: "The Rus­ sian Army and the Japanese War," reviews in detail the course of the great contest which brought his own retirement and his country's defeat. Although not directly an arraign­ ment of the Russian government for its conduct of the war with Japan, the book is one long protest against the policy which culminated in sur­ render, and contains an implied cen­ sure of the czar. There was no cause for Russia's surrender to Japan, de­ clares Kuropatkin, and in the con­ cluding section of his work he hints at the possible renewal of histilities between the two nations. He de­ plores the "physical obstacles" which had rendered the war barren of vic­ tory for the Russian arms, but in spite of this he makes the sensational claim that when the war was conclud­ ed the Japanese forces were showing signs of retrogression, while the army of Russia was stronger and in every way more efficient than at any time during the contest, and that there­ fore surrender was uncalled for and, impliedly, a cowardly act. This claim Kuropatkin makes in spite of the fact, the importance of which he fully rec­ ognizes, that the morale, the fighting quality of the Japanese was superior to that shown by the Russian army. "It is quite possible," he says, "that when a trustworthy history of the war, compiled from Japanese sources, is published, our self-esteem will re­ ceive a severe blow. We already know that in many instances we were In superior strength to the enemy, and yet were unable to defeat them. The explanation of this phenomenon is simple. Though they were weaker materially than we were, the Japan­ ese were morally stronger, and the KEEP THE ROOSTERS MUZZLED Simple Contrivance That Means Much to Light Sleepers. They were like fairy helmets--lit­ tle wire helmets no bigger than a wal- nut "They are rooster muzzles," said the city farmer, as he led the way past the pea beds on the window sills, the pota­ to field on the back porch and the flourishing mushroom crop under the outhouse. "Even so. Muzzles, not to prevent roosters from biting--for even the gamest fowl has never been known to snap--but to prevent them from crow­ ing. See here." They had reached the tiny chicken run. The city farmer caught a roost­ er and gently slipped a muzzle over its fierce head. "Now," said he, "it can't crow. It can't wake the neighbors with its crows at daybreak. Hence, thanks to this muzzle. It Is at last possible to keep chickens In the most crowded city quarters. "Harrison Weir invented the roost­ er muzzle. A rooster, to crow, you see, stands erect, flaps his wings, throws back his head and opens his beak sm » i- ' -L * U be can't open his beak no crow can throat" come from bis little red . Settled the Whole Question. Rev. William Carter discussed at a dinner in New York his successful ex­ periment of conducting services in the Belasco theater. "One of my theater auditors," he said, "was a Scot from Peebles. This Scot told me that the sight of a clergyman In a theater re­ minded him of an experience he once had in London. He went to a melo­ drama at Drury Lane. A man in front of him looked familiar. To his sur­ prise ho recognized In this man his minister at Peebles. He leaned for­ ward and laid his hand on the minis­ ter's black coat. 'Oh, Dr. Saunders Mcintosh,' he whispered, 'what wad the people in the auld kirk say if I tell't them I saw ye here?' 'Deed, ttey wadna believe ye,' Dr. Saunders answered quickly, 'and ye needaa teli them."' - Give Mother Earth a ReeL In India there are certain days when It is unlawful to plow. Mother Earth Is supposed to sleep six days In every month, and on such days she refuaet to be disturbed in her alumbar. teaching of all history shows that it is the moral factor which really counts in the long run. There are exceptions of course, as when the side whose moral is the weaker can place an ab­ solutely overwhelming force in the field and so wear out its opponents. This was the case of the federals as compared with the confederates in America, and the British against the Boers. It is indeed a lucky army which, starting a campaign with the weakest morale, is able to improve in both Spirit and numbers at the same time, "This was the case with us. Be­ tween the battle of Mukden and the end of the war our army • almost To Enjoy ? the full confidence of the Wefl-Informsd of the Woild and the Commendation of the most eminent physicians it was essefK tial that the component parts of Syrup of Figs and Elixir of Senna should be known to and approved by them; these- fore, the California Fig Syrup Co. pub­ lishes a full statement with every package. The perfect purity and uniformity of pro­ duct, which they demand in a laxative remedy of an ethical character, are assured by the Company's original method of man­ ufacture known to the Company only. The figs of California are used in fh& production of Syrup of Figs and Flnnr of Senna to promote the pleasant taste, but the medicinal principles are obtained from plants known to act most beneficially. To get its beneficial effects always buy the genuine--manufactured by the Cali­ fornia Fig Syrup Co. only, and by all leading druggists. ONE THING THAT WAS CEfitAttf % Gen. Kuropatkin. doubled in numbers, had taken up a strong position, and was quite ready to advance. The strength of the Japanese, on the other hand, was ex- husted. Throughout his book Gen. Kuropat­ kin criticises the naval conduct of the war. From the passage just quoted it will be seen that he considered the naval operations of vital importance to Russia in preparing the way for ul­ timate victory. But not only were these operations unsuccessful, they became a prime factor in bringing about what Kuropatkin considers Rus­ sians unnecessary surrender. "Far from assisting our army Rozh- destvenski brought it irreparable harm. It was the defeat of his squad­ ron at Tsushima that brought about negotiations and peace at a time when our army was ready to advance--a million strong. As at Sevastopol in 1855, the only assistance given by our fleet to Port Arthur, except at Chin-Chou, was to land bluejackets and guns." Next to an inefficient navy Kuropat­ kin attributes defeat to the condition of the Siberian and Eastern Chinese railways. W ILD OLD WAI Remarkable Old Savage Living in California. One Hundred and Twenty Years Old, Chieftain of Wyoming Tribe Would Gladly Lead Uprising of Peace* ful Tribes in California. "Old Yuma" Is not his real name. It Is only during recent years of residence under sunny southern Bklv's that this old warrior has been known by any other than the title given him when, as a young chieftain of the Wyoming tribe, he led many raids on pioneer settlements in the great northwest, says a writer in the Los Angeles Times Illustrated Weekly Magazine. "Yellow Sky" he was called by the white settlers, and the name Is connected with wany famous fights and massacres along the Cana dian border. At the ripe old age of 120 years Old Yuma is not, to all appearances, less hardy and vigorous than the average man of 65. His face is seamed and wrinkled and his body parched and calloused from exposure to the ele­ ments, for Yuma has never worn civi­ lized garb, preferring the breech clout which he used in the happy days be­ fore the white man ousted him from his hunting grounds. His hair is so long as to nearly reach the ground when he stands erect, a feat which he performs with remarkable ease con­ sidering his age. Old Yuma is, perhaps, the most hos­ tile red man alive to-day. Durl§g that period of his life in which he Jour­ neyed from his Canadian home to his present one--the Anahuac reservation on Cuyamaca mountain in San Diego county, Cal.--he has been expelled from more than 40 reservations in different parts of the coast states for continually striving to stir up Uncle Sam's red wards to revolt. He would gladly lead an uprising among the peaceful tribes of Southern California if he could secure any kind of back­ ing. It Is the undying hatred of a conquered prince, and an unquench­ able thirst for the. blood of the con­ querors of his race which prompts >his hatred of the white man. Yuma Is too fearless and bold to quietly sub­ mit to being forced from jtkls rightful possessions, and his unforgiving dis­ position has been the cause of much work and danger to government agents throughout the west. Anahauc.. which means Running Water, is. one of the best-located and most fertile reservations in California. Until within the last few years Old Yuma has never dwelt within a civl- llbzed house. The tent pitched wher­ ever the buffalo were plentiful, or the open sky when on the warpath, shel­ tered him during his younger days. For the past 25 or 35> years he has dwelt in the shelter of some over­ hanging rock near a friendly reserva­ tion, subsisting on cakes made from the meal of acorns, with a feast of rabbit or quail if his traps were sue- , cessful. At present he occupies an old adobe hut on the reservation. It took much persuasion on the part of the agent and influential tribesmen to get him to do this, and it is the first sign ever displayed by him indi­ cating that age is cooling bis fiery dis­ position, and conquering his deter­ mination to shun the ways of the white man. The Indian has the reputation of not being overparticular as to the quality of food consumed so long as the quantity is sufficient. Many a red man's banquet is held in honor of some pet milker which grazed too close to a rattlesnake, or of a steer which died of old age on the range. Several years ago a rancher on Cuyamaca mountain, near the reservation, was compelled to shoot a horse which had broken its leg An Indian boy of the neighbor­ hood was given a dollar to hitch his team of ponies to the dead beast and haul it to a distant spot where the coyotes could complete arrangements for an economical burial. Yuma hap­ pened to see the sad funeral proces­ sion, and he Immediately fell into line in the rear as chief mourner. No Doubt In the Baggageman's Mtog­ as to Contents of What Looked '*"*C Like Coffin. V 1 In an emergency the manufacturer of Limburger cheese was forced to use strategy with a shipment. Ordi­ narily his product went in special cars, but in this instance no car was available and the order must be filled. Two hundred pounds of the fragrant comestible was put In a rough, ob­ long box, and taken to the railroad baggageroom. Then the manufactur­ er bought a ticket for himself and the box, and entered the train. At the first stop he went ahead to the bag­ gage car to see that there was no trouble. He stood by the box in a disconsolate attitude and shaded his eyes with his hand. The baggageman was sympathetic. **A relative?" he asked. "Yes," answered the manu­ facturer, "it is my brother." "Well,"* said the railroad man, philosophically, "you have one consolation. He's dead, all right."--San Francisco Argonaat. A WORD FOR THE POLICEMAN. 'It Is reported," said the attorney for the defense, "that you saw this quarrel." "Yes," replied the witness; "It was in my saloon. 1 seen It from start to finish." ' About what time did the trouble start?" "I think It was about two o'clock." "In the mornidg?" "Yes." "Was your place open tor business at that time?" "Yes." "Were others other people In addition to yourself and the two men who were quarreling In the place at the time?" "Yes, quite a lot of them." "Can you give the names of any of them ?" "No, I don't remember just who they were. They kept comin' in and goin' out right along. I remember that the policeman what made the ar­ rest was in about five njinutes before the trouble started." "Are you sure about that?" . "Yes." "He has testified that he didn't know you kept your place open after midnight." "Well, a policeman's a human bein', ain't he? And don't these wise guys tell us it ain't safe to believe half at the things we see?" The Result. "My friends," said the temperance lecturer, lowering his voice to an im­ pressive whisper, "if all the public houses were at the bottom of the sea, what would be the result?" And the answer was: "Lots of peo­ ple would get drowned."--Tit-Bits. Quite as Bad. "Talking of Turkey, the Mohamme­ dan religion will not allow Turks to drink wine, will it?" "Don't they have to swallow the Sublime Porte?" In TORE HIS SKIN OFF r Shreds--Itching Was Intensive 8leep Waa Often Impossible. Cured by Cutlcura In Three Wrtka. "At first an eruption of small pa»* tules commenced on my hands. These spread later to other parts of my body, and the itching at times was intense, so much so that I literally tore the skin off In shreds in seeking relief. The awful Itching interfered with my work considerably, and also kept me awake nights. I tried several doc­ tors and used a number of different ointments and lotions but received practically no benefit. Finally I set­ tled down to the use of Cutlcura Soap, Cutlcura Ointment and Cutlcura Pilla, with the result that in a few days all Itching had ceased and in about three weeks' time all traces of my eruption had disappeared. I have had no trou­ ble of this kind since. H. A. Kruta- koff, 5714 Wabash Ave., Chicago, HL» November 18 and 28, 1907." .. 7 Mtar £nc * Gbm. Qorp* 8oto Praf*» UNKIND FAKE. V The Shortsighted Lion--Well, I never dreamed I should finish my day* behind the bars of a cage. r t - ^ Continual Doubt. "How many children har*'-'fttP •aid the tourist, affably, "I dunno exactly," answered the tired-looking woman. "You don't know?" "Not for certain. Willie's fOM fl8hin', Tommy's breakin' in a colt, Georgie's borrowed his father's shot­ gun to go hunting' an' Esmeralda Ann is thinkin' of elopin'. I never know how many I've got till supper time comes, BO'S I can count 'em." "T , Athleticism Extraordinary. "Why," said the first athletic boa^'*" er, "every morning before breakfast t get a bucket and pull up SO 6alkiiiS from the welL" 'That's nothing," re­ torted the other. "I get a boat every morning and pull op the riverJ^T-JQW^ versallst Leader. Exclusive. ':•*! "Where do the Hottentots live, Mary?" a public-school teacher asked one of her pupils. "I don't know, *•*," said Mary, primly. "Ma won't let mm visit any of the people In this neigh­ borhood."--Youth's Companion. Lewis' Single Binder straight 5c i YOB pay 10c for cigars not so good. The way of the hard. can 't-guess-her Qmf** • Ain> -- HKKIU .ITE1) -- LANBi mm water rufbt; waunr; prvduetiwsoii: ctv# failures unknown: 50 bu. n bipat . >h Uj alfalfa : h««itbful cisiuatr; tre<< SiaWt l»n»; vrrtto DOW. LUWOO* UM) f»-, KmA Spring*. im, Of Matrimonial Fettere? "Did you see in the papers to-day where a man wanted to get married with nippers on?" *Well, why not? The/Ye apppro prlately symbolical." Bssiitess & Fiaaace oopr free. A muumn ac !n»vstiw cma nfu> be willful. IW uuurtn«i! Southwest Tm»» lait.t wktai. otltuJ alfalfa gi\>w. B«t «• oaut tin* Address * UfU». Saua. M • WftlVA Vl aiMa K.O PATfeNTS^-^